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On the estimation stability of efficiency and economies of scale in microfinance institutions

Bolli, Thomas - 2012

This paper uses a panel data set of microfinance institutions (MFI) across the world to compare several identification …

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Microfinance 'plus': The impact of business training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating … matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India. …

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Being patient with microfinance: The impact of training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are … mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by commercial banks. We correct for membership selection bias with data on …

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Delivery mechanisms and impact of training through microfinance

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2011

SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for …

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The impact of skill development and human capital training on self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2009

groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …

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Does self help group participation lead to asset creation?

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2008

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …

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Reducing vulnerability through microfinance: Evidence from Indian self help group program

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Floro, Maria - 2010

We investigate if participation in Indian Self Help Group microfinance program (SHG) results in reducing vulnerability …

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Effect of Microfinance on Vulnerability, Poverty and Risk in Low Income Households

Bali Swain, Ranjula; Floro, Maria - 2007

is currently the largest and fastest growing microfinance program in the developing world, has been aggressively promoted …

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Does Microfinance Empower Women? Evidence from Self Help Groups in India

Bali Swain, Ranjula; Wallentin, Fan Yang - 2007

Microfinance programs like the Self Help Bank Linkage Program in India have been increasingly promoted for their … between microfinance and women's empowerment. This paper contributes by arguing that women empowerment takes place when women …

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Competition, loan rates and information dispersion in microcredit markets

Baquero, Guillermo; Hamadi, Malika; Heinen, Andréas - 2012

We study the effects of competition on loan rates and portfolio-at-risk in microcredit markets using a new database from rating agencies, covering 379 microbanks located in 67 countries between 2002 and 2008. Our study reveals different competitive effects in nonprofit and for-profit microbanks....

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